HEPI, with support from Lloyds Bank, is delighted to invite you to a webinar on Tuesday 8 June, ‘From COVID to COP26: What more could higher education institutions do to drive environmental sustainability?’

Higher education institutions have a critical part to play in the national and global effort on climate change (as outlined in a recent HEPI paper). Ahead of the COP26 summit in Glasgow in November 2021, HEPI and Lloyds Bank are hosting a joint webinar on Tuesday 8 June from 11.30am to 1pm, to consider what more higher education can do to help push environmental sustainability.

Speakers:

Professor Keri Facer, Zennstrom Professor of Climate Change Leadership at Uppsala University, Sweden and Professor of Educational and Social Futures at the University of Bristol;

Professor Mark Fellowes, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Academic Planning and Resource at the University of Reading and a Professor of Ecology;

Tony Juniper, Chair of Natural England and Fellow of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership;

Professor Eunice Simmons, Vice Chancellor, University of Chester and Professor of Sustainable Environments; and

David Willock, Managing Director, Sustainability & ESG Finance, Lloyds Bank

To register your place, please go to: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RMOjryQxQECkaNwhn8WcYQ

After registration, you will be sent details on how to join the webinar.

HEPI and UCAS are delighted to invite you to an ‘In Conversation’ webinar with Clare Marchant, Chief Executive of UCAS, on Friday 30 July 2021 at 11am - 11.40am

Ahead of this year’s A-Levels results day, HEPI is pleased to host another ‘In Conversation’ webinar with Clare Marchant, UCAS Chief Executive. During this webinar, Clare will make some opening remarks before taking part in a short discussion with Nick Hillman, HEPI Director, concluding with an interactive Q&A from the audience.

To register, please click on the following link:

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kVHvotWHTxedMctJ7TSpyQ

The 2021 NCUP (Virtual) Annual Education lecture, was delivered on 17 February by Sir Anthony Seldon.

He spoke on: “A New Vision for Higher Education Post Covid-19: From Policy-Takers to Policy-Makers”

For a report on the lecture and links to YouTube and a podcast please see here.

Open Consultation:

Post-qualification admissions in higher education: proposed changes

Please see link here (open until 09:30 13 May 2021)

News in brief

For more details see HERE.

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